By Bob
Silvestri
bobsilvestri@bestofwny.com
Good
music will never die no matter what the record companies force feed the
public. Sometimes you have to search for it but it can be found. Sometimes
right in your own backyard such as the outstanding new release from The
Headers titled Turn It Up! The is true rock and roll steeped in The Sun
Records tradition of guitar, upright bass and drums. The band (Bobby Lebel-guitar/lead
vocals, Buffalo Music Hall of Famer Scott Freilich-bass and Dan Stoll -
drums) are amazing musicians in their ability to sound new and exciting
and not formulaic. Perhaps they have even formed a new genre of music Jazzabilly
for it melding of Rockabilly with Jazz elements. The guitar work of Lebel
is nonpareil with great tone and clarity. Not since the late Danny Gatton
have I heard a guitarist sound this good. Freilich and Stoll are no slouches
either as they keep thing running smooth in the engine room. Ten original
tunes and an out of this world cover of Steely Dan’s “Bodhisattva” that
you have to hear to believe comprises the disc. Highlights are hard to
pick out as there are many but I’m going with “Pretty Good Shape”, “Hard
Man To Love”, “How High The Sky”, the title cut “Turn It Up”, the afore
mentioned “Bodhisattva” and “Blue Highway”. For more on The Headers go
to www.theheaders.com
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